By the Numbers: UFC 172

At 26 years old, Jon Jones has
yet to reach his prime. That should be a scary thought for anyone
who witnessed the light heavyweight champion’s five-round
domination of Glover
Teixeira in the UFC
172 headliner at the Baltimore Arena on Saturday night.

“Bones” showcased his usual diverse arsenal in taking a unanimous
decision over Teixeira, but he was perhaps most effective in close
quarters, where he battered the Brazilian with a barrage of punches
and elbows against the fence. While the challenger was resilient
enough to make it to the judges, he was unable to put together
enough offense to consistently threaten the Jackson-Wink MMA
product. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC
172, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com.

138: Significant strikes landed by Jones, which
surpasses his previous career best of 134 against Alexander
Gustafsson at UFC 165. By comparison, Teixeira landed 53
significant strikes. Jones outlanded his opponent 23 to 13 in round
one, 25 to 9 in round two, 35 to 12 in round three, 31 to 9 in
round four and 24 to 10 in round five.

35: Kicks to the legs landed by Jones. Teixeira
landed just one leg kick during the 25-minute bout.

0: Takedowns landed, in five attempts, by
Teixeira. Overall, Jones’ opponents have landed just one takedown
in 29 attempts. Gustafsson remains the only person to have
successfully taken down the light heavyweight champion in the
Octagon. Jones, meanwhile, landed three of his six takedown
attempts.

3,318: Days since Teixeira’s last defeat, a
unanimous decision loss to Ed Herman at
SportFight 9 “Respect” on March 26, 2005. Teixeira had won 20
straight fights prior to Saturday’s loss.

7: Consecutive successful title defenses for
Jones, a light heavyweight record and the third-longest streak in
UFC history overall behind only Georges St.
Pierre (8) and Anderson
Silva (10).

24: Significant strikes by which Anthony
Johnson outlanded Phil Davis in
the light heavyweight co-headliner. The Blackzilians representative
held his greatest striking advantage in the opening round, when he
outlanded Davis 17 to 2 in significant strikes.

0: Takedowns landed in eight attempts by Davis.
The former All-American wrestler at Penn State University never
came close to getting Johnson to the canvas during their
middleweight encounter. “Mr. Wonderful” has landed 22 takedowns in
his UFC career.

10: First round finishes among 12 career victories
for Luke
Rockhold, who tapped Tim Boetsch
with a kimura 2:08 into the opening stanza of their middleweight
clash.

13: Lightweight victories in the UFC for Jim Miller,
tying him with Geison Tibau for most in promotion history within
the division. Miller earned his 13th triumph with a first-round
guillotine of Yancy
Medeiros on Saturday night.

31: Submissions attempted by Miller during his
17-bout UFC tenure, tying him Chris Lytle
for most in promotion history. Miller has attempted at least one
submission in all but two of his UFC appearances -- losses against
Nate
Diaz and Pat Healy (The
Healy bout was later overturned to a no contest).

3: Takedowns landed, in 12 attempts, by Andre Fili
against Max
Holloway. The Team Alpha Male product succumbed to a guillotine
choke 3:39 into the third round of their bantamweight matchup.

5: Flyweight victories for Joseph
Benavidez in the Octagon, tying him with champion Demetrious
Johnson for most 125-pound triumphs in UFC competition.
Benavidez submitted Tim Elliott
with a guillotine choke 4:08 into the opening round of their
flyweight bout.

364: Combined total strikes landed by Takanori
Gomi and Isaac
Vallie-Flagg in their lightweight clash. While Vallie-Flagg
held a 211-153 advantage in total strikes, “The Fireball Kid” had a
130-107 edge in significant strikes. Landing the more damaging
shots proved to be the difference, as Gomi won via unanimous
decision.

37: Significant strikes by which Bethe
Correia outlanded Jessamyn
Duke in their bantamweight bout. The Brazilian was able to
outstrike her opponent and capture a unanimous decision despite
being at a nine-inch reach disadvantage.